Gem

29-128-607

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-607
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture European
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Western Europe
Period Medieval
Date Made 700-1099
Section Mediterranean
Materials Jasper
Technique Cameo
Iconography Male Head
Description

Sommerville: Maculated Jasper. A very curious head in alto-rilievo. Maculated Pebbles, Etc, Case JJ.

Vermeule: Maculated Jasper. Cameo. (Unmounted). Head of a man in high relief to right.

Height 4.4 cm
Width 3.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 607 - Sommerville Gem Number

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